Comparison of Religious Beliefs

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Comparison of Religious Beliefs
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Islam

Judaism

Christianity

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type of theism
strict monotheism

strict monotheism

Trinitarian monotheism

ultimate reality

one God

one God

one God

names of God

Allah (Arabic for God)

Yahweh, Elohim

Yahweh, the Holy Trinity

other spiritual beings
angels, demons, jinn

angels and demons

angels and demons

revered humans
prophets, imams (especially in Shia)

prophets

saints, church fathers

identity of Jesus
true prophet of God, whose message has been corrupted

false prophet

Son of God, God incarnate, savior of the world

birth of Jesus
virgin birth

normal birth

virgin birth

death of Jesus
did not die, but ascended into heaven during crucifixion

death by crucifixion

death by crucifixion

resurrection of Jesus
denied

denied

affirmed

second coming of Jesus
affirmed

denied

affirmed

divine revelation
through Muhammad, recorded in Qur’an

through Prophets, recorded in Bible

through Prophets and Jesus (as God Himself), recorded in Bible

view of sacred text
inspired, literal word of God, inerrant in original languages

views vary

inspired, some believe inerrant in original languages

human nature
equal ability to do good or evil

two equal impulses, one good and one bad

“original sin” inherited from Adam - tendency towards evil

means of salvation
correct belief, good deeds, Five Pillars

belief in God, good deeds

correct belief, faith, good deeds, sacraments (some Protestants emphasize faith alone)

God’s role in salvation
predestination

divine revelation and forgiveness

predestination, various forms of grace

good afterlife
eternal paradise

views vary: either heaven or no afterlife

eternal heaven

bad afterlife
eternal hell

views vary: either eternal Gehenna, reincarnation, or no afterlife

eternal hell, temporary purgatory (Catholicism)

view of fellow Abrahamic religions
Jews and Christians are respected as “People of the Book,” but they have wrong beliefs and only partial revelation.

Islam and Christianity are false interpretations and extensions of Judaism.

Judaism is a true religion, but with incomplete revelation. Islam is a false religion.

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Christians believe in ghosts as well along demons and angels nahi?

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^
I guess haan, they believe in.

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The view of Jews regarding afterlife are very interesting.

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In fact the Arabic word jahannum comes from gehanna.

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Gehanna ? :confused:

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Yep

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Ghenna originate kis se howa hy? what is meaning of it?

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bad afterlife
eternal hell

views vary: either eternal Gehenna, reincarnation, or no afterlife

eternal hell, temporary purgatory (Catholicism)

**Gehenna

Ge’enna (γέεννα) found in the New Testament, a phonetic transcription of Aramaic Gēhannā (ܓܗܢܐ)[SUP]citation needed][/SUP], equivalent to the Hebrew Ge Hinnom, literally “Valley of Hinnom”. This was known in the Old Testament as Gai Ben-Hinnom,[SUP][3]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna#cite_note-3)[/SUP] literally the “Valley of the son of Hinnom”, [SUP][4]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna#cite_note-4)[/SUP] and in the Talmud as גהנם Gehinnam or גהנום Gehinnom.

This valley, as Keil and Delitzsch note, is “on the south side of the Jebusite town, i.e., Jerusalem.” This valley is mentioned five times in the Book of Jeremiah (7:31,32 19:2,6 32:35) as the place in which the people would “burn their sons and daughters in the fire” as part of the worship of Moloch as noted by Keil and Delitzsch.[SUP][6]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna#cite_note-6)[/SUP]

In the Qur’an, Jahannam (جهنم) is a place of torment for sinners and non-believers, or the Islamic equivalent of Hell.[SUP][7]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna#cite_note-7)[/SUP]

Gehenna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

PS: Interesting and informative thread :k:

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Interesting :k:

:hat: for sharing Muqawee bhai

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The more interesting is Jewish belief that they are dearest (children) of God and fire of Jehnum will not touch them but for limited period and still they got concept of **Gehenna **(where people would “burn their sons and daughters in the fire”)

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I also read (don’t remember exactly) that for salvation, Jews required blood of Christian children or something like that :hmmm:

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i've also been told stuff like anyone who recites the kalimah will only experience jahannum temporarily. not sure if this is the belief of all muslims though.

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:hehe: classic lkk pai post..

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One who recites the Kalimah and he/she meant the meaning of Kalimah will be experience Hell temporarily just like a person who commit an offensive and serve the term in jail according to his/her offence.

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but that is the jewish belief.

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inspired from Jewish belief. There specific verses in Quran against this concept.

Do the people think that they will be left to say, “We believe” and they will not be tried?

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This was also thought for Muslims in west :hehe:

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but how would you explain this to someone like lkk pai who believes otherwise?

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Queer pai & buttsb,

Once a person recited Kalimah and entered into religion Islam, first of all his/her all previous sins will be forgiven. After that if he/she commit sin (not major sin) then he/she will be punished (temporary in hell fire).

What else u r talking about Queer pai ji?